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No. 310,588. Patented Jan. 13, 1885..

WITNESSES: INVENTOE I ATTORNEY HOY HOWARD, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOROF' ONE-HALF TO J. DITWILER 8E SONS, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.310,588, dated January13, 1885.

Application filed November 3, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOY HOWARD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of barbed buckles which are made ofone piece; and it consists in the peculiar construction and ar rangementof the parts thereof, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of abuckle constructed according to my improvement; Fig. 2, a sectional sideview of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank before being bent intoshape.

In making this buckle, a blank of the form shown in Fig. 3 is firstprovided, which is then bent by appropriate means to form a hook, A, atongue, B, barbs O, and loops D E, as shown.

To make the loops, the wings F (see Fig. 3) are bent backward, andpreferably soldered at their adjacent edges, (see dotted line in Fig.1,) thus leaving two loops, D E, one above and the other below the barbs0. Through these loops the material of the suspender is passed, so as tobring the back of it in contact with the points of the barbs, which willcatch in it and hold the same fast when the material is pulled in onedirection, but will allow it to pass readily in the other direction, asis well understood.

WVhat I claim as new is- 1. A buckle made from a single piece of metal,provided with loops D E, covering the suspender material on both sides,and having the barbs 0 between them, substantially as described.

2. A barbed buckle, formed from a single flat piece of metal, having thewings D, provided with barbs, formed thereon, and bent to form twoloops, one above and the other below the barbs, to receive thesuspender-webbing, substantially as. described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 31st day of October, 1884.

HOY HOWARD. Witnesses:

H. P. SEWELL, THEo. H. CAMPBELL.

